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To: SIer formerly known as Joe B. who wrote (386)	3/17/2004 2:29:51 AM
From: AugustWest	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 430

That's somethin elst mon! Too bad it's too late to add that to the thread title. Hm, I wonder if I putz around if I can find a crack in the door to get in and edit the title. At best it would probably have to be done by the thread's creator any how. Here' this belongs here. This attorney deserves to gethis head flushed in the urinal! (COMTEX) B: Mayor Warns New Yorkers to Investigate Sept. 11 Charities befo e Donating ( Daily News - Knight Ridder/Tribune Busin B: Mayor Warns New Yorkers to Investigate Sept. 11 Charities before Donating ( D ily News - Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News ) Mar 16, 2004 (Daily News - Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News via COMTEX) -- Amid questions of a Sept. 11 charity's philanthropy, Mayor Bloomberg cautioned the public yesterday to do its homework before making donations. The Daily News reported yesterday that the Bravest Fund has dispersed $73,000 to the needy while its attorney, William Kelly, collected $553,000 in legal fees from two charities connected to a historic photograph portraying three firefighters raising a flag at Ground Zero. "I am sure the attorney general will look at it, because philanthropic organizations have reporting requirements, and there are compensation levels that you can pay and not pay," Bloomberg said. "I think it is just a good lesson to all of us -- and I don't know the specifics of this case -- but before you ever give money to a philanthropic organization, try to make sure that it is somebody who is reputable and that has an expense ratio [that is] very low, so that most of the dollars that you give go to the causes that you would like them to go, rather than to administrative fees or fund-raising fees or legal fees." The fees are being looked at by Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, whose office has requested a number of documents from the charity. Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta pointed out that the FDNY has several of its own 9/11 charities, and is not affiliated with the Bravest Fund, started by the firefighters depicted in the flag-raising photograph. Those firefighters, George Johnson, Bill Eisengrein and Dan McWilliams, have steadfastly defended their attorney. Yesterday, another attorney for the Bravest Fund, Eliot Green, said the charity hired the accounting firm Conroy & Smith to conduct an audit and help the charity come into compliance with the Internal Revenue Service and Spitzer's office. "We need to make sure that we are not only legal, but we are doing best practices as well," Green said. "It might be a good idea to bring some new people into the board." By Michele McPhee To see more of the Daily News, or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to nydailynews.com (c) 2004, Daily News, New York. Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News. -0- * end of story *